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USA Curling
The Duluth Curling Club and Visit Duluth will welcome the 2025 USA Curling National Championships. USA Curling photo by Bob Weder

Duluth to Host USA Curling 2025 National Championships

Duluth, Minnesota, will host the 2025 USA Curling national championships for men and women at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center from January 27 through February 2, the national governing body announced. It will be the first time the national championship event has taken place in Minnesota. The announcement comes after the national governing body hosted […]

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Sun Valley Resort
Sun Valley Resort in Idaho will host the Stifel Sun Valley Finals in 2025. Photo by Steve Kornreich/U.S. Ski & Snowboard

FIS Confirms 11 World Cup Events in U.S. in 2024–2025 season

There will be 11 FIS World Cups in the United States for the 2024–2025 season, headlined by the first ever back-to-back men’s and women’s FIS Alpine World Cup speed races on the Birds of Prey track at Beaver Creek, Colorado, and the FIS Alpine World Cup Finals at Sun Valley Resort in Idaho. “We are […]

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Winter Olympics Salt Lake City
In this February 8, 2002, file photo, fireworks burst over the athlete tribune at the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium in Salt Lake City during the Opening Ceremonies for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. Salt Lake City is in line to host the Games again in 2034. (AP Photo/Frank Gunn, File)

Salt Lake 2034 Olympic Games Bid Takes Next Step

Salt Lake City took the latest step toward hosting the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games with a virtual presentation to the Winter Olympic Federations ahead of next month’s IOC Executive Board meetings where its candidacy will be formally approved for a vote by the full IOC membership in July. The presentation by SLC-UT 2034 […]

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IIHF

France to Host 2028 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championships

France will host the world men’s ice hockey championships in 2028 with games in Paris and Lyon, two years ahead of its planned hosting of the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The Accor Arena in Paris and the LDLC Arena in Lyon will host the 16-team tournament from May 12–28, 2028. It will be […]

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Ariens Nordic Center

Ariens Nordic Center to Host Two U.S. Biathlon Events

Ariens Nordic Center in Brillion, Wisconsin, has been awarded the inaugural U.S. Biathlon Midwest Regional Summer Biathlon Championships from July 20–21 and the U.S. Biathlon Masters Nationals and North American Masters Championships from February 14­–16, 2025. The U.S. Biathlon Midwest Regional Summer Biathlon Championships is typically held in eastern or western regions in the country, […]

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USA Curling 2025
The USA Curling event in Sioux Falls will mark the first time that the NGB has held Olympic and Paralympic Team Trials concurrently. Photo by Bob Weder

Sioux Falls to Host 2025 USA Curling Olympic and Paralympic Team Trials

USA Curling has announced that the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Men’s and Women’s Curling, and the U.S. Paralympic Team Trials for Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Curling, will be held from November 7–16, 2025, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at the Denny Sanford Premier Center. The event marks the first time that USA Curling has held […]

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US Biathlon

Crosscut Mountain Sports Center To Host U.S. Biathlon Senior Nationals

The 2025 U.S. Biathlon Senior Nationals and Spring Festival will be hosted by the new venue at Crosscut Mountain Sports Center in Bozeman, Montana, from March 26–30, 2025. In years past, the largest gathering of U.S. Biathlon athletes, coaches and families has been at the annual U.S. Biathlon Nationals. This upcoming season, Crosscut Mountain Sports […]

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Curling Mixed Doubles
Photo by Jason Gewirtz

Lafayette Lands Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials

USA Curling has awarded Lafayette, Colorado, the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Mixed Doubles Curling. The event will be staged February 17–23, 2025, at Rock Creek Curling. The location in the Denver metropolitan area will mark the first time the event will be held outside of Minnesota. The results of the event will determine the […]

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US Figure Skating

2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships to be in Wichita

The 2025 U.S. Figure Skating championships will be held in Wichita, Kansas, while the 2024 Skate America event will be in Allen, Texas, the national governing body has announced with its qualifying season schedule and calendar of domestically held international events for the 2024-25 season. “U.S. Figure Skating is very excited about each of our […]

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SLC IOC Press Conference
Members of the IOC Future Host Commission, the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games and USOPC wrap up a four-day visit ahead of a vote for Salt Lake to host the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Salt Lake City on Track for 2034 Winter Olympic Approval

As we said on this site months ago: peel away the ifs and buts because for all intents and purposes, Salt Lake City will host the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. There are qualifiers and there are formal steps to be taken but there is no stopping the bid after a site visit from […]

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